Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The western portion of the Gulf Wind route from Mobile to New Orleans was briefly served by Amtrak's Gulf Coast Limited from 1984 to 1985, and again from 1996 to 1997. The Gulf Wind route had no scheduled passenger train service between Jacksonville and Flomaton until the revived and extended tri-weekly Sunset Limited was inaugurated by Amtrak ...
Cotton Belter: St. Louis Southwestern: St. Louis, Missouri - Dallas, Texas [1939] 1939-1941 Cotton Blossom: Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad, Seaboard Air Line Railroad: Washington, DC - Birmingham, Alabama [1952] 1947-1955 Cotton States Special: Seaboard Air Line, Pennsylvania Railroad, Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad
The 1955 routes of the Seaboard Air Line Railroad, including the Silver Comet from New York City to Birmingham, Alabama. The Silver Comet was a streamlined passenger train inaugurated on May 18, 1947, by the Seaboard Air Line Railroad (Seaboard Coast Line after merger with the Atlantic Coast Line on July 1, 1967).
For premium support please call: 800-290-4726 more ways to reach us
Postcard illustrating the allure of streamliner travel to Florida, along with the "citrus" paint scheme used on SAL's EMD diesel locomotives from 1939 to 1954.. The Seaboard Air Line Railroad (reporting mark SAL), known colloquially as the Seaboard Railroad during its time, was an American railroad that existed from April 14, 1900, until July 1, 1967, when it merged with the Atlantic Coast ...
The Riverfront Streetcar Line was a historic streetcar line in New Orleans, Louisiana. It was operated by the New Orleans Regional Transit Authority (RTA). It was built along the east bank of the Mississippi River, in an area with many amenities catering to tourists. It opened August 14, 1988, making it the first new streetcar route in New ...
New Orleans Cotton Exchange Building, on Carondelet Street in New Orleans. Favrot & Livaudais (1891–1933) was an architectural firm in New Orleans, Louisiana. [1] The firm designed many buildings that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The firm was founded in 1891 by Charles Favrot (1866-1939) and Louis A. Livaudais (1870 ...
The 1984 Louisiana World Exposition was a world's fair held in New Orleans, Louisiana, United States. It was held 100 years after the city's earlier world's fair, the World Cotton Centennial in 1884. The fair was held from May 12 to November 11, 1984, and adopted the theme "The World of Rivers: Fresh Water as a Source of Life," showcasing the ...